X] Being in America doesn't make you an American Being here in America doesn't make you an American Why if birth you an American you wouldn't need any legislation You need any amendments to the Constitution I see any American dream, I see an American nightmare I'm one of the 42 million black people who are the of America
Aiyyo we all in now, all in together now Hard truth soldierin, truth soldier SHIT Keep on servin 'em, cause you know we do Mashin in my Chevy down the streets of New York, feel me I smooth grip, and hit up the Snatch Flav as my pipes burn up the block We bumpin hardcore, heavyweight, blast On the street hear my beat, my 69 is fast Smash Lennox, head up to the 'View Some reporter holla and I said it was cool know about the album and the Enemy's new How P.E. and Guerilla is keepin it movin Breakin talkin politics, you know how it go the war and how it's shitty that we murder for dough Then the asked a question, that I had to mash How, I act if every day was maybe my last How if day I worried 'bout my family in this I'd be murdered on street in a puddle of piss Or if I would get some news that my had died If ran up in my house and held my kids and my wife Or if we was looted and somebody all our thangs If my sister was abducted, heard from again I began to compare it, so he observe When I made the parallels with how they livin I can't ignore it, these ride deep in the streets Cap a nigga for his wallet, beat another for And the cold part about it, life is cheaper that Down there people on the kill each other for scraps Imagine that, propoganda got the confused Damned by the media keep 'em subdued I been around the world, seen a lot of in my life Same sirens, ghetto birds swirlin at night Same racism, profilin of us all Same where we live enforcin the law Gats clappin on the streets, gunplayin heat Same prisons of brothers herded in like sheep Same turncoats that'll folks for pay Same conditions in we die everyday Same and ignorance, now what will it take to break the cycle, get the people away? why I'm fresh out of tears for 'em, all out of tears for 'em Even though my heart goes out, what the fuck you 'bout? Money for rebuilding but, what about When the way we is shitty where's the love for our own? I can't decide it, it's real, I hit you with Maybe I'll be cause I hit you with truth See they kill for less what we say on records to you the message in the music from a rebel to you, now listen
[Outro: x6 to Save my life you gotta, save my life you gotta Save us, us